Upload file to Node.js server using Socket.io-stream from iOS - ios

Question

I'm writing a native iOS client to interact with a Node.js server using the Socket.IO-objc wrapper. I'm currently able to send individual events to the server just fine. However, the server is using Socket.IO-stream to handle upload file streams, and I need to make my iOS code interact with it somehow. My socket.io wrapper doesn't seem to have any relevant API for accomplishing this. The receiving server.js code is like:
io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {
console.log("connection occurring");
ss(socket).on('uploadFile', function (stream, data, callback) {
//...I can't get a 'stream' to this event for it to work with
});
socket.on('passwordLogin', function (data, callback) {
//...I can cause these kind of events just fine
});
//...other event declarations
}
I typically call events in this manner, and it works fine for 'socket.on' declared events:
[_socket sendEvent:#"passwordLogin"
withData:#{...login info...}
andAcknowledge:aCallbackBlock];
I figure I need to expand Socket.IO-objc, unless there is something I'm missing, with something like:
//TODO: Attempt to expand SocketIO to include streams.
- (void) sendEvent:(NSString *)eventName withStream:(NSStream*) stream withData:(id) data andAcknowledge:(SocketIOCallback) function
{
NSMutableDictionary *dict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObject:eventName forKey:#"name"];
// do not require arguments
if (data != nil) {
[dict setObject:[NSArray arrayWithObject:data] forKey:#"args"];
}
SocketIOPacket *packet = [[SocketIOPacket alloc] initWithType:#"event"];
packet.data = [SocketIOJSONSerialization JSONStringFromObject:dict error:nil];
packet.pId = [self addAcknowledge:function];
//Is this even a valid approach?
packet.stream = stream;//<--NEW BIT
if (function) {
packet.ack = #"data";
}
[self send:packet];
}
I'm pretty lost as to what exactly to do, having never really worked with server communications before. I've followed Apple documentation about the built-in NSStream and CFStream objects, but it doesn't seem to get me any closer to interacting with the server's event. Any help is appreciated, as I'm a bit at my wit's end.